# Railway — developer ecosystem report

> The all-in-one intelligent cloud provider

- GitHub org: `railwayapp`
- Category: platform
- Overall score: 53.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #169
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-20

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 54.0 | #350 | ~22% |
| Education | 76.0 | #217 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 85.0 | #10 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 57.0 | #60 | ~16% |
| Reach | 25.0 | #808 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 58.0 | #146 | ~14% |

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/railwayapp
- Website: https://railway.com
- Docs: https://docs.railway.com

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 6,961 |
| Forks | 2,099 |
| Open issues | 323 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [nixpacks](https://github.com/railwayapp/nixpacks) | 3,551 | Rust | App source + Nix packages + Docker = Image |
| [railpack](https://github.com/railwayapp/railpack) | 1,155 | Go | Zero-config application builder that automatically analyzes and turns your code into an image |
| [cli](https://github.com/railwayapp/cli) | 591 | Rust | Railway CLI |
| [templates](https://github.com/railwayapp/templates) | 383 | — | Railway starters |
| [railway-skills](https://github.com/railwayapp/railway-skills) | 305 | Python | Agent skills for interacting with Railway |
| [docs](https://github.com/railwayapp/docs) | 297 | TypeScript | Railway documentation |
| [railway-mcp-server](https://github.com/railwayapp/railway-mcp-server) | 192 | JavaScript | Official Railway MCP Server for interacting with your Railway account |
| [awesome-railway](https://github.com/railwayapp/awesome-railway) | 121 | — | A curated list of awesome things related to Railway |
| [blog](https://github.com/railwayapp/blog) | 93 | TypeScript | — |
| [og](https://github.com/railwayapp/og) | 80 | TypeScript | Open Graph image generator for Railway |
| [devicons](https://github.com/railwayapp/devicons) | 55 | TypeScript | I'm feeling lucky developer icons |
| [railway-ts-sdk](https://github.com/railwayapp/railway-ts-sdk) | 21 | TypeScript | — |

## Methodology

Scores are computed from public signals only (GitHub, package registries, docs sites, community platforms). Pillar definitions: https://www.smoower.com/docs.md

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